They are especially prevalent in the more bitter beers. And if you love brewing with hops, or just like drinking beer, you should know the plants are easy to grow in your backyard.

Making home-brewed beer using your own recipes and do-it-yourself skills is a satisfying hobby. Now you can combine your own home-grown hops to create a unique frosty favorite.

They are especially prevalent in the more bitter beers. And if you love brewing with hops, or just like drinking beer, you should know the plants are easy to grow in your backyard.

Growing Hops in Your Garden for Brewing and More.Wednesday, May 11, noon-1 p.m. In this online talk from Penn State Extension, learn how to grow hops. Free. Register online.

Beer sommelier Sophie Atherton explains how to grow your own hops for the ultimate personal pint.

Hop plants do well in raised vegetable beds, too. Hops also require considerable nitrogen, added Tamara Wynne, a UNR Cooperative Extension research associate.

And if you love brewing with hops, or just like drinking beer, you should know the plants are easy to grow in your backyard. Many homebrewers across Southern California have plants of their own.

In Lancaster County, at least two businesses offer more than a dozen different varieties of hops to grow.

Grouping plants the way they grow in the wild means little to no weeding, fertilizing or pesticides.